Freshman forward Brittney Hardy Tulane during Sunday afternoon’s game. (Taylor Martin/The Daily Campus)

The SMU women’s basketball team came away with a huge win against Tulane last night at home with a final score of 54-49.

The game was important for many, especially because it was senior night.

“You want your seniors to finish their career at Moody in style,” said Coach Rhonda Rompola.

Seniors Heidi Brandenburg, Christine Elliot, Samantha Mahnesmith, and manager Tiffany Hoffman were all honored at center court before the game.

During the game, the Mustangs outperformed the Green Wave in almost every category ­— a major improvement from their previous matchup when they lost 75-63.

Junior guard Alisha Filmore led the team with 12 points and 7 rebounds, while Akil Simpson added 6 points and 13 total rebounds.

Krystal Johnson put up eight points for the Mustangs, and Raven Short added another seven to the board.

The Mustangs were 31.5 percent from the field, and 28.6 percent from the three and impressive improvement from previous games.

“It doesn’t matter, you can make all the adjustments you want … It boils down to making shots,” said Rompola after the game, when asked about how her team adjusted their performance to get a win.

The Mustangs smothered Tulane under the basket, holding center Brett Benzio to a mere five points, a far cry from her 22 that she scored in the previous meeting between the two teams.

Tulane’s Jamie Kaplan and Olivia Grayson added 13 a piece, but it wasn’t enough to get the Green Wave a win.

The Mustangs head to Oklahoma this week to take on Tulsa in their last game of the season.

Tulsa, another strong team from Conference USA, is currently sitting at sixth in the conference — four spots ahead of SMU. The Golden Hurricane is 7-7 in conference play, and 12-13 overall.

Players to look out for will be junior guard Taleya Mayberry, sophomore guard Taylor Hooker and junior forward Tiffani Couisnard.

Mayberry has been averaging 14.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game- all while shooting a solid 77.2 percent from the line.

Hooker has been putting up 11.4 points and bringing down 5.3 rebounds per game this season — a strong statistic for a young guard.

Couisnard will be a difficult factor to deal with under the basket — while only coming in at 6 foot 1 inch, the junior still makes her presence known — she has grabbed an outstanding 203 rebounds this season, 128 of them on defense alone.

“It is never too late to turn things around,” said Rompola at the end of the game to reiterate her pregame statements to the team.

The Mustangs head to Tulsa this Thursday to take on the Golden Hurricane in the last conference game of the season. Tip off is set for 7 p.m.